Wow, are we so out of touch that we don't see what an incredible benefit this will be to new users, who don't understand the filesystem structure, or have any desire to. Things like this make Linux that much more desktop ready. Even I, knowing where things are, would love a lazy way to quick search/launch a file in Linux. One more shortcut to speed things up! I'm not gonna complain!
-joel On 6/28/07, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote:
Correction, I ment...... It is just nice to see a big company like google contributing to something other then Microsoft. On 6/28/07, Chris Penn < [email protected]> wrote: > > I agree, > It doesn't get much easier then locate and/or find|grep. It is just > nice to see a big company like google contributing to something other then > google. > > > On 6/28/07, Randall Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > If I'm looking to interact with my local filesystem, how could this > > be > > > more usable than a shell combined with locate and/or find|grep ? > > > By design, the Linux filesystem hierarchy makes it fairly easy to > > just > > > know where all the files should be, without needing an index. > > > > For myself, probably similar to you, I store my data in plain text, > > make > > conscious efforts to place files in a logical hierarchy, and use the > > command-line because it's fast. So yes, for me, locate+find+grep > > are the right most excellent tools. > > > > For many other people ... many people put all their textual data in > > word > > processor files. Some people put all their files on the Desktop or in > > > > random, soon-forgotten, non-hierarchical, unorderly locations. Many > > many > > people, whether by nature or per misinformation, are strongly averse > > to > > the command line. I believe it is to this scenario that Beagle, > > Google > > Desktop Search, and the like are targeted. > > > > Randall > > www.whizman.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 909linux mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ 909linux mailing list [email protected] http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux
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